| If you are a long time user of contact lenses you | | | | of buying contact lenses after reading about the |
| are already well aware of its many benefits. If | | | | many benefits of contact lenses! But wait; let's |
| you are considering a switch over from your old | | | | inform you about the many types of contact |
| spectacles to contact lenses, let us inform you, | | | | lenses you might come across in the market. |
| you are going in the right direction. Over 30 million | | | | In these days contact lenses are made of variety |
| people in the USA are believed to use contact | | | | of plastic materials—but at the core they |
| lenses, either as an alternative of the traditional | | | | are of two main types: soft or rigid gas |
| spectacle or for some cosmetic purposes. If you | | | | permeable. |
| too are thinking of stepping into their shoes, then | | | | Soft Lenses: These contact lenses contain some |
| try to equip yourself with as much information | | | | 25% to 79% water. They are easily to adaptable |
| about the contact lenses as possible; it will help | | | | to your eyes and hence are quite comfortable. |
| you to find out the right product suitable for your | | | | With a soft contact lens in your eyes you will |
| needs and take the informed decision at the time | | | | barely feel that there is something foreign in your |
| of purchase. | | | | eyes. However, you should be more careful in |
| First of all, you may want to know about the | | | | handling them and they have to be replaced more |
| actual definition of the contact lens. According to | | | | frequently. |
| FDA definition, a contact lens is a prescribed | | | | Rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses: These lenses |
| medical device, which is usually placed on the | | | | take time to adapt to your eyes. But they have |
| cornea of the eye and used either for corrective | | | | much greater resistance power against deposit |
| or cosmetic or therapeutic purposes. | | | | buildup. With RGP you are supposed to get |
| There are countless benefits of contact lenses. | | | | sharper vision. They are more durable too. Thus, |
| Contact lenses perform the same corrective | | | | at the beginning RGP may appear to be costlier, |
| functions as the conventional glasses, but as | | | | but because of its longer lifespan, RGP gives you |
| opposed to the glasses, contact lenses are | | | | better value for your money. |
| virtually weightless and most importantly they are | | | | Daily Disposable Lenses: If you want the ultimate |
| invisible. So they are regarded to be more | | | | convenience, you must go for disposable contact |
| comfortable than the traditional spectacles. | | | | lenses. The cleaning and disinfection procedures |
| Then consider the contact lenses from an | | | | with disposable contact lenses are extremely |
| ophthalmologic point of view: As contact lenses | | | | simplified. They are better for your eye health |
| move with your eyes they provide a better field | | | | because they are more frequently replaced. Also |
| of view. Like the glasses, there are no frames to | | | | you always have some spare lenses with you. |
| obstruct your vision and thus they reduce | | | | These days you get the disposable contact lenses |
| distortions to a considerable point. Sometimes | | | | in all toric, bifocal, and colored versions. Only you |
| your vision is obstructed as the lenses of your | | | | have to be cautious in your handling of these |
| glass get blurred by moisture, rain or dirt; you will | | | | lenses. And for all these benefits you should be |
| find no such faults with your contact lenses. | | | | ready to pay some extra bucks. |
| Do you follow an active lifestyle and every time | | | | Toric Soft Lenses: These lenses are claimed to |
| your spects come into the way of your active | | | | correct astigmatism. You can get these types |
| lifestyle? Then contact lens can be the only | | | | both in daily wear as well as planned replacement |
| solution for you. If you are in any kind of sports | | | | versions. You may be required to visit the |
| including swimming, diving or athletics, a contact | | | | doctor's clinic more than once to get a perfect |
| lens can offer you a distortion free clear vision at | | | | fitting. |
| the time of your movements, without any kind of | | | | Color contact lenses: Then there are those |
| side effects. It is properly fitted inside your eyes | | | | colored lenses that are mainly used for cosmetic |
| so that it does not affect your concentration in | | | | purposes. You can get mainly four different types |
| any way. | | | | of cored contact lenses, namely, visibility tints, |
| There are many people, particularly the women | | | | enhancement tints, opaque color tints and |
| who find the glasses to be great hindrance for | | | | light-filtering tints. If you have no vision problem, |
| showing off the natural beauty of their faces. On | | | | you can take the ‘Plano' form of colored |
| the other hand, contact lens provides utter ease | | | | contact lenses that do not make any visual |
| and comfort and they do not come into the way | | | | correction. You can also get them as disposable or |
| you look. | | | | frequent replacement lens. |
| You can get modern contact lenses with UV | | | | However there is no hard and fast rule for buying |
| protection built into the material, so if you want | | | | the contact lenses from your eye specialist. You |
| protection for your eyes, you can opt for these | | | | can buy them from any reliable optical stores. You |
| lenses instead of wearing goggles. | | | | can also try out in the online stores where you |
| There are people with eternal dissatisfaction over | | | | can avail the scope of wide comparison. But one |
| the color of their eyes and they find in the | | | | important thing to consider, no matter wherever |
| contact lens the golden opportunity to mend the | | | | you buy the contact lenses from, your decision |
| nature to get the color of their dreams. | | | | should be guided by the value of the product and |
| Part II | | | | not only the price. |
| So you have almost taken the decision in favor | | | | |